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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 27, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania:H.R. 1391.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted toCongress under Article I, Section 8 of the United StatesConstitution which gives Congress the power ``to regulateCommerce with foreign Nations, and among the several states,and within the Indian Tribes.''[Page H2272]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Methane Rule Relief Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill exempts certain marginally-producing oil and natural gas wells, including emission sources associated with such wells, from the Environmental Protection Agency's rule titled "Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources" and the document titled "Control Techniques Guidelines for the Oil and Natural Gas Industry."</p>]]></text>
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